Partnerships for Parks - Green Workshops and Grant Awards

 

American elm street tree on 55th Ave. in Elmhurst, Queens. Photo courtesy of NYC Parks.

Greening Elmhurst: Tree Planting Demonstration

Do you love our city’s street trees? Are you interested in learning how to plant them? Join our hands-on workshop to plant young trees along a block in Elmhurst, Queens. Genevieve Moralez, Greening Central Queens stewardship coordinator at NYC Parks, along with other Parks team members, will demonstrate planting, mulching, and watering. You will then work in small groups to plant trees. During this workshop, you’ll have the opportunity to connect with like-minded community members and leave equipped with the ability to care for local street trees. Coffee, water, and light snacks will be provided.

This workshop is hosted in collaboration with NYC Parks’ Stewarding Canopy and Community in Central Queens (SCCCQ) project. Questions? Reach out to academy@cityparksfoundation.org.

Saturday, May 16, 2026, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
S. Railroad Ave and Cornish Ave
Queens, NY 11373

NYC Green Fund Grassroots grantee Stewards of Ewen Park in the Bronx, 2024.

Spring 2026 NYC Green Fund Grassroots Grantees Announced

We’re thrilled to announce we've awarded $397,000 in grants to 60 community groups across our city through the NYC Green Fund Grassroots grant program! With New York City in a budget crisis, the Green Fund is more important than ever to support the care of local green spaces, many in underserved neighborhoods more vulnerable to environmental harms.

This round of NYC Green Fund Grassroots awardees will receive grants of $1,000 to $30,000 to tackle growing environmental crises such as pollution, flooding, and extreme heat with innovative, community-led solutions.

Some highlights from the coming season:

• We Are Southern Brooklyn, Inc. will engage young people through environmental stewardship including a public awareness campaign creating stencil art near storm drains with messages like: Don’t Dump, This Drains into the Creek!

• Earth Stewards NYC in Brooklyn will improve stormwater management systems in and around Canarsie Park through routine tree care, rain garden installation, and trail maintenance.

• Bee U NYC will continue the Urban Beekeeping Fellowship for ages 16-24, expanding from Brooklyn into the Bronx.

• Ujamaa Garden in the Bronx will finish the multi-year transformation of an abandoned lot into a thriving community space for local mothers and children to grow their own food.

• Forgotten Foods on Staten Island will train youth aged 15-24 in urban agriculture and community organizing to lead stewardship programs at community gardens and NYCHA campuses.

• Kew Kids Kindness Krew in Queens will host open skate days and rollerblading lessons as well as stewardship activities at Forest Park. 

• Green Oasis Community Garden in Manhattan will host monthly woodworking and clothes repair workshops and create a new artist-in-residency program at the garden.

For more information about the awardees, click here.

Partnerships for Parks is a joint program of City Parks Foundation and NYC Parks that supports and champions a growing network of leaders caring and advocating for neighborhood parks and green spaces. We equip people and organizations with the skills and tools needed to ensure these spaces are dynamic community assets.